ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71073
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ257 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Wittering, Northamptonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire |
| RAF Wittering |
Mosquito DZ257: Took off at 21:07 hrs for Ranger operation to Holland. 22/03/1943.
The crew crashed on landing on their return to RAF Wittering and were both killed. From the remains of their aircraft, it seemed as though they had been through some flak. On approaching base they called for a priority landing as the aircraft had little aileron control. They made one circuit without a landing approach, and on the second circuit went in from about 200 ft and crash at 00:25 hra 23/03/1943
Crew:
F/O ( Aus.400734) Archibald McMeekin PATON (pilot) RAAF - killed
P/O (128.544) Thomas Edward George HANSON (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2010 22:54 | NePa | Added |
| 22-Jan-2011 02:22 | penguin832 | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2011 12:59 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2012 14:57 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 24-Jun-2014 18:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2015 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2016 10:29 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 13:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Sep-2021 20:17 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2022 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2022 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Operator] |
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